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S32906 Stainless Steel vs. 518.0 Aluminum

S32906 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 518.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32906 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 518.0 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
80
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
67
Elongation at Break, % 28
5.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
25
Shear Strength, MPa 550
200
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850
310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
98
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
24

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
24
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
81

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
9.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
14
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
51
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
14

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 0
88.1 to 92.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
0 to 1.8
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.15
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.25